By Nudoiba Ojen
Dangote Group has said that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited is yet to begin lifting of petrol from the refinery.
The group’s Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina, said that the report that NNPCL has begun lifting petrol from its refinery at a price of N897 per litre was not true.
Chiejina, said in a statement on Thursday that the company cannot fix the price of petrol as it has yet to finalise its arrangement with the NNPCL.
Chiejina reacting to the report ‘NNPC lifts Dangote Petrol, sells at N897 per litre’, said, “We would like to state that NNPC has not commenced lifting of refined Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from our Dangote Petroleum Refinery.
“Therefore, the issue of fixing the price of petrol lifted from our refinery does not arise, as we are yet to finalize our contract with NNPC.
“The PMS market is strictly regulated, which is known to all oil marketers and stakeholders in the sector. We cannot determine, fix, or influence the product price, which falls under the purview of relevant government authorities”.
He urged the public to disregard the erroneous headline and reassured Nigerians of Dangote Refinery’s commitment to transparency and fairness in their operations.
